PaperTrail: TaskPaper Client

• Price: $14.99

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

4.1 14 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Has potential

   Potentially great app that's currently near unusable due to minor bugs. Main one I'm experiencing is having to enter every task twice, because when I hit "enter" the app adds a double letter to first word of line. Eg "Read" becomes "Rread" unless I either backspace to it or shake/undo, then I'm left with the first letter and when I finish it the second time and hit enter, it works. Have to do this for every line. Weird and funny bug, but unless you are zen enough to accept ~every line prominently featuring an apparent typo, it makes entry too inefficient for use. Look forward to trying if/when functional! But wait till then to pay the very high price, unless you want to support creator out of generosity; it's currently worth $0.

   Jofesus · 6 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Solid, thoughtful, lots of potential

   It is great to have a new TaskPaper client for iOS! This one seems (at least since v1.2 when I started using it) to be solid with excellent fundamentals and a ton of potential. Little things that I already love: Customizable “tool belt” (extra row of buttons above the keyboard which you can order as you please). Some tool belt buttons allow long-tap to reveal more options, which is very smooth and well-implemented. So many ways to navigate a document: tool belt buttons to focus in/out and to “Go to…” any project/tag/search; gestures to focus in/out or trigger the “Go to…” window; and a tappable breadcrumb trail that appears when focused in. Everything that should be tappable and draggable seems to be tappable and draggable. The search feature offers advanced syntax, and searches can be saved. The Command bar offers many functions and can be searched. There are good styling options, including for due status, progress, and priority. Give it a try! (And search the Command bar for support options if needed!)

   dgbchr · 6 Aug 2026

3. 5/5PaperTrail is the TaskPaper client I didn’t know I needed.

   TaskPaper is one of those formats you don’t fully appreciate until it clicks. This app makes that click happen faster and look better doing it. The UI is beautiful on phone and strikes the right balance of customization without being overwhelming (I love Obsidian and use it daily, but if you know, you know). Everything feels intentional. The long-press tooltips on the extended keyboard icons are something I’ve never seen in another app – genuinely clever and I hope it catches on. The built-in guide note and starter templates are a nice touch for newcomers who want to tinker without starting from zero. Bonus: it opens .md files natively, so I can take notes in my Obsidian vault and swap over to PaperTrail when I want to project plan. A few things that would take this from great to daily driver: The toolbelt concept is solid, but some items (like hide keyboard) aren’t movable, so I end up scrolling back and forth on the extended keyboard. On mobile, dismissing the keyboard feels clunky. Something like single-tap to drop into view mode and double-tap to edit could be more intuitive. Search: the guide mentions pull-down-from-top to search, but I couldn’t get that gesture to work on iPhone 17 Pro. Completed/strikethrough items get hard to read in bulk. Would love an option to dim them and apply font color (or maybe pulling from the priority color palette to stay on-theme). Templates are great for onboarding, but they could do more. Adding some advanced search query examples at the bottom would make them useful for experienced TaskPaper users too, not just beginners. Minor stuff. The core experience is excellent and clearly built by someone who actually uses TaskPaper.

   ZombieJeffy · 6 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Excited but disappointed

   I got an email from Jesse Grosjean and immediately bought PaperTrail. I’ve been looking for a decent TaskPaper app for iOS since he discontinued the official one. I am having issues with the one main document that I use with this. Works fine in the macOS TaskPaper app, and also in Taskmator for that matter. I am wanting to reach out to the developer but the only avenues are Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon. I shouldn’t have to use social media to reach out to the guy. Developer, if you are reading this, put an email address or a support form on your website. Please.

   Jack Siddhartha · 6 Aug 2026

5. 1/5Shows promise, several bugs…

   The app shows a lot of promise, and I purchased on the strength of using TaskPaper, and happy to support independent devs. However there are several UI bugs that keep me from making proper use of it. Happy to report them and provide feedback, but the only way to do that is via social media. No email address or proper reporting system in place. Heck, even a GitHub issue tracker would be worlds better. I’m not going to futz around with reporting on social media. If that changes, I’m happy to change my rating.

   Youdontgetmydata · 6 Aug 2026

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